Hybrid Laminar Flow Technology (HLFC), a combination of active flow control and specific laminar profiles, is a promising possibility to reduce the drag of aircraft wings and empennage. While the ...

Armando Collazo Garcia III got more than he expected from a graduate course he took last spring. He developed a new understanding of the physics of transonic shocks produced across a laminar flow ...

The Farnborough debut of Boeing’s latest 787 derivative has enabled details of the aircraft’s aerodynamic advances to be examined close up. The 787-9 is the first Boeing airliner to be equipped with ...

We aren’t sure if [Joshua Bellamy] is serious that he wants a laminar flow to water his plants, but there are many places where having a smooth and predictable flow of water is useful or even ...

In the quest for greater efficiency of large transport aircraft, efforts to reduce wing drag through conventional aerodynamic tweaks have largely been exhausted, in the view of Airbus senior ...

As part of the DLR LamAiR (Laminar Aircraft Research) project, various DLR institutes are working together on the implementation of laminar flow technology on civil aircraft. Within the research group ...

The flow of all fluids, whether liquid or gas, will have one of three states: laminar, turbulent, and transitional. This article discusses flow principles and pressure-based flow measurement. Laminar ...